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THE CUBA R E \M E W 



ISLE OF PINES NOTES 



BETTER BUILDINGS TO COME AND 

 TWO-ACRE TRACT — BISHOP 



i"r«)m the Isle of Pines Appeal we take 

 the following items of general interest : 



Stone Buildings to Follow 



With every new huiUling that is ereeted 

 on the Isle, almost, there comes a little 

 more progress and more pride is shown in 

 the matter of appearances. The day of the 

 adobe hut and the guana shack has passed 

 and the time is not far distant when wood- 

 en buildings will give way to the more sul)- 

 stantial stone ones. Millions of tons of the 

 finest l)uilding stone in the world lay at 

 our very doors and some will soon be util- 

 ized. 



Ten Acres Too Much 



"One mistake some men with limited 

 means make here," said a prominent grow- 

 er who is going in for vegetables, "is of 

 trying to handle ten acres when they 

 should have only undertaken two. There 

 is money to be made on a two-acre tract 

 here, and any wide-awake hustler can dem- 

 onstrate it to his advantage by getting in 

 the business, but you cannot farm a 10-acre 

 tract successfully on a two-acre capital, 

 and the quicker you begin to realize that 

 fact the fewer failures there are going to 

 be around here." 



MORE ROADS — MONEY MADE ON A 

 KNIGHT \ ISITS THE ISLAND 

 Xames for Roads 



The McKinley Isle of Pines Herald sug- 

 gests that the Chamber of Commerce take 

 u]) the matter of naming the roads. It is 

 often difficult for a newcomer to lind his 

 way about, even after the kindest direction, 

 where there is no effective way of designat- 

 ing the various roads and routes. 



"East and West Road" and "Xortb and 

 South Road" might have answered the 

 ])urpose fairly well last year, but 

 now this is no longer distinctive nor 

 sufficient. 



The naming of the roads would more 

 greatly facilitate business, transportation 

 and pleasure. I*"rom the West McKinley 

 Inn southward extends a line stretch of 

 road, which is now the automobile route 

 to Los Indios. In this direction the coun- 

 try is rolling and beautiful. 



Proposed New Road 



There is a proposition on foot to open a 

 calzada to connect San Pedro and Xueva 

 Gerona direct and shorten the route con- 

 siderably. The proposed road will cross 

 Santa Ana and San Francisco Heights and 

 will be a great distance saver to people 

 traveling between the West Coast and tliis 

 part of the Isle. Sr. Benite Ortiz, alcalde 

 of the Isle, has recently viewed the pro- 

 posed new route in his official capacity. 



The irregularity of the mails is a con- 

 stant annoyance to the Pineros, and from 

 all accounts the service is growing worse. 

 Besides the delay, there are serious losses 

 in transmission. 



On April 8th, President Gomez signed a 

 decree making definite the concession 

 .granted to Leoncio A. del Campo, for a 

 telephone system at Santa Fe, Isle of Pines. 



La Lucha says 22 n<ew licenses were re- 

 cently taken out for the erection of n^w 

 buildings in Nueva Gerona. 



Bishoj) Knight in the Isle of Pines 



On March 3d to fUh, inclusive, Protest- 

 ant Episcopal Bishop Knight made a visit- 

 ation of the four missions on the Isle of 

 Pines, officiating at McKinley, Nueva Ge- 

 rona, Santa Fe and Columbia. On March 

 (Jth he oi)cned the new chapel at Santa Fe, 

 where four persons were confirmed. The 

 congregation overtaxed the seating capacity 

 of the chapel. This chapel is the first to 

 be rebuilt, of those ruined by the great 

 hurricane. It is a very handsome structure, 

 most substantially constructed, storm- 

 oroof, and by far the most attractive of the 

 public buildings on the island. Buildings 

 are to be erected at Columbia, and McKin- 

 ley also, with contributions from friends 

 in the United States. 



Magdalena Perez Fernandez has been 

 appointed postmistress at Xueva Gerona, 

 Isle of Pines, vice Carmen Perez, re- 

 signed. 



The government is to be petitioned to 

 make needed repairs to the wharf buildings 

 at Jucaro and Xueva Gerona. In their 

 present condition shipments arc exposed to 

 rain, and if this condition is allowed to 

 continue great damage to goods will follow 

 during the rainy season. 



The launch "Canada" continues to make 

 two trips each week between Gerona 

 and Los Indios, and in addition to 

 this there is a semi-weekly automo'jiie 

 service. 



